Mama’s Candied Sweet Potatoes

Mama Colwell’s recipe, handwritten by Marsha

Ingredients

  • 6 sweet potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • nutmeg
  • water
  • butter

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 450 degrees
  2. Boil potatoes until soft, then peel and cut crosswise in circles
  3. Arrange in baking dish and sprinkle flour around edges
  4. Sprinkle sugar over potatoes
  5. Sprinkle nutmeg generously on top
  6. Fill up pan with water and dot with butter
  7. Bake at 450 for one hour